Afoqt

usafa2011dad · 10-22-2009, 10:13 AM

I understand the cadets received their AFOQT scores recently.

I was just wondering if these scores are used for anything important, or if they are simply used to see how the cadets do in relation to ROTC, OTS and other commissioning sources.

aggie83 · 10-22-2009, 10:57 AM

Ok - what is AFOQT and what cadets get them?

usafa2011dad · 10-22-2009, 11:32 AM

It is the Air Force Officer Qualifying Test and I belief it was administered to the 2 digs in August.

raimius · 10-22-2009, 03:59 PM

Well, I don't know about 2011, but it was pretty meaningless for 2010.
More of a "congratulations, you rock standardized tests."

usafa2011dad · 10-22-2009, 04:21 PM

Thanks raimius. That is what I suspected to be the case.

I was thinking they just wanted to see were the usafa cadets stood compared to their other commissioning sources.

hornetguy · 10-22-2009, 05:58 PM

What a joke of a test. Waste of time IMO.

usafa2011dad · 10-22-2009, 06:07 PM

Funny, that is what my son also said about it, almost verbatim...

bulletandpima · 10-22-2009, 07:33 PM

It is basically the AF version of the SAT!

eagle36 · 10-22-2009, 10:36 PM

"one of these things, is not like the others..."

haha. major waste of time.

07PETKO · 10-23-2009, 12:31 AM

Believe it or not, unlike 2010, the AFOQT actually counts towards the BOM scores of 2011 and beyond. That makes it not totally meaningless, but it still certainly wasn't the highlight of my cadet career.

bulletandpima · 10-23-2009, 12:31 PM

That is probably they have acknowledged that the pilot pipeline will be slowing down, hence the AFOQT has a portion that is designed for pilot ability and most likely be used as a make or break between the bottom tier regarding UPT

There will be people that study for it and people who walk in cold...just like the SAT, however in the end of the day your gpa, rank and recs will mean more than your AFOQT score...unless it is really bad, then nothing will help since there is a min, but I think it is really low like 80.

Side note, again this is when being math/science orientated will help you, along with those that have a ppl, since there are questions that are targeted to flying.

usafa2011dad · 10-23-2009, 12:40 PM

wow 80 out of 99 is considered "really low"? What is the average then?

I would think the majority of cadets taking the test have no prior flying experience and wouldn't have super high scores on the portion related to flying.

hornetguy · 10-23-2009, 01:01 PM

Actually, for the pilot sections, I think its around 50 for the min.

bulletandpima · 10-23-2009, 02:27 PM

I meant overall AFOQT score not the pilot section. However, the reality is the kid with a higher pilot score will rank better

raimius · 10-23-2009, 05:52 PM

Most of the pilot related questions do not require any previous flying experience. Much of it is about spatial orientation.